The Power and Renewable Energy Ministry said there appeared to be a similarity between the two unusual explosions that broke out at the Biyagama Grid Sub Station last week and the Kotugoda CEB Grid Sub Station today.

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Secretary Mohan De Silva said it was Malinga who wanted to return to the country saying he was not 100 percent fit.

As feared, Lasith Malinga will return home from the World Twenty20 after failing to recover sufficiently from his knee injury, Sri Lanka Cricket announced on Friday (March 19).

One of the transformers at the Kotugoda CEB Grid Sub Station in Minuwangoda, has caught fire, our reporter said.  

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) today assured that there would be no disruption to the power supply in the country in the wake of three generators at the Norochcholai Coal Power Plant resuming operations.

A Sri Lankan doctor in Australia, who was found guilty of the manslaughter of her abusive husband, has lodged an appeal against her conviction, the West Australian reported.

One of the two rail tracks between Wellawatte and Mount Lavinia will be closed for four days from Friday 8.00 p.m. to Tuesday 4.30 p.m., Railway Operations Superintendent Wijaya Samarasinghe said.

Opposition MP Wimal Weerawansa and five others were today released on a personal bail of Rs.100,000 each when the case, in connection with the protest outside the United Nations Office during a top UN official’s visit, was taken up for hearing

Sri Lanka climbed 15 notches to 117 in the latest World Happiness Report when compared to its previous rank of 132 in 2015.  

India-based North Korean embassy requested for the release of the two North Koreans who were arrested on Monday in a Colombo-based airport while transferring to another flight carrying US$150,000 in cash.

After the Kollupitiya Police informed Court that the complainant -- in a case involving 14 students of a leading boys school in Colombo who were charged with trespass on the property of a girl’s school in Kollupitiya -- had intimated that she d

Power and Renewable Energy Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya today assured that there will be no more power cuts from today as the Norochcholai power plant is fully operational as usual.

Regional Development Minister Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka today requested President Maithripala Sirisena to take necessary legal steps to release the person who is imprisoned in connection with the suicide bomb attack on him at the Sri Lanka Army He

Addressing a large crowd that had gathered at the ‘Jana Satana’ rally organised by the joint opposition against the UNP - led government in Colombo today, former president, Mahinda Rajapaksa said he would show them how the country should

The Chinese funded Colombo Port City Project would not be carried out according to the original plan signed during the previous regime, but with certain amendments to make it environmentally viable, Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake said today.

One soldier died and at least nine others were hospitalized due to a sudden illness while undergoing training at the Special Forces training camp in Maduruoya today.

Former President Mahinda  Rajapaksa arrived at the rally organized by the joint opposition at Hyde Park Grounds in Colombo.

Heavy traffic congestion is reported in and around Town Hall due to the rally organized by the joint opposition at Hyde Park Grounds in Colombo, Police said.  

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) said today the Local Government Election should be announced before March 31 and that the election should be held under the previous electoral system without delay.

Colombo Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya today noticed Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) Chairman Dammika Ranatunga to appear in Court on March 24 following a B Report filed by Keselwatte Police over the alleged incident of threatening a journalist o

Considering the evidence and affidavits submitted by the prosecution during the non-summary proceeding in connection with the killing of former parliamentarian Nadarajah Raviraj and his driver in 2006, Colombo Additional Magistrate Thilina Gamage sai

Niluka Ekanayake was sworn in as the new Governor of the Central Province today, filling the vacancy created by the demise of Surangani Ellawala who held the post earlier, the President’s Media announced.

United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) MP Namal Rajapaksa arrived at the Financial Crime Investigation Division (FCID) short while ago to give a statement regarding money laundering allegations.

Despite assurance of uninterrupted power supply from today by Power and Renewable Energy Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya, power cuts have been experienced in many parts of the country this morning as well.

A Sri Lankan Tamil, V. Parthiban (38), was arrested by Cantonment All Women Police on a charge of sexually harassing a minor girl in Tiruchi in Tamil Nadu yesterday.